John Cho
1) Troublemaker
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 20 cm
Appears on list
Description
On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to hisaid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.
Author
Description
A collection of poems that cover a dazzling range of topics, 88 Poems by Cho addresses observations of everyday life, fictional stories in an historical context, imaginary worlds, and commentaries on society. While part of the collection deals with Asian or Asian-American characters, readers from all walks of life will enjoy these honest and thought-provoking glimpses at life as seen through the author's eyes.
3) Columbus
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, an architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, they explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin's stranged relationship with his father, and Casey's reluctance...
5) Searching
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After his sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a man breaks into her laptop to find clues about her disappearance.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
Dispatched on a rescue mission to the farthest reaches of space, the USS Enterprise is ambushed by Krall, a ruthless enemy sworn against the Federation. Crash-landing on an uncharted hostile world, Captain Kirk, Spock, and the crew are separated with no means of escape. Only Jaylah, a rebellious alien warrior, can help them reunite and find a way off the planet in a race against time to stop Krall's deadly army from triggering all-out galactic war....
7) Searching
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After David Kim's sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop. David must trace his daughter's digital footprints before she disappears forever.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Six years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempts to redirect it to Harold's house ends with its 'high grade' contents and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree, going up in smoke.
9) Gemini
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A relationship between a personal assistant and her boss is compromised by a heinous crime.
Formats
Description
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find that an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving the world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
11) Mirai
Publisher
GKIDS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr. 38 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning 'future'), the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun's entire family. As his mother returns to work, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai, until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters guests from the past and future, including his sister Mirai as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time,...
12) Gemini
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth, and celebrity.
13) Mirai
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (1 hr. 38 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four-year-old Kun is jealous of his new baby sister until one day when he storms off into the garden and meets her as a teenager from the future.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment/ABC Studios
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (989 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a mysterious event causes a global blackout in which everyone in the world sees their lives six months into the future, a team of Los Angeles FBI agents try to find the cause of the blackout while dealing with the fallout from their own visions.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
©2012, ©2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following years of growing apart, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrive at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempts to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the 'high grade' contents, and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree, going up in smoke.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A group of seemingly "perfect" high-school buddies lead double lives. They fly high in a world of petty crime and material excess--a free-wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end.
17) Star trek
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Formats
Description
On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien vessel. He was searching for Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. Twenty years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker. He is inspired by Capt. Christopher Pike to fulfill his potential in Starfleet, even though he annoys his instructors. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two twenty-something stoner roommates, one a Korean-American investment banker, Harold, and the other an Indian-American medical school candidate, Kumar, go through a life changing journey. They are on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers and spend the night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers running into one screwy obstacle after another.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Harold and Kumar take an ill-fated flight to Amsterdam, but Kumar's suspicious-looking bong is mistaken for a bomb. Their arrest prompts a racist Homeland Security official to send the boys to indefinite lockup at Guantanamo Bay. Once there, they watch as beefy guards sexually subjugate 'enemy combatants.' The guys manage to get away and make it back to the U.S., hoping the well-connected fiance? of Kumar's old girlfriend, Vanessa, can get them out...